Vol 65 No 23 | NIGERIA Cultural and political battles break out as the stolen bronzes come home 5th November 2024 A $100 million museum to exhibit Benin bronzes looted by British soldiers is opening but few of the artefacts will be on display A trial of strength between powerful figures in Edo State and the Federal Government highlights the complexities around demands for reparations and restitution to Africa. The bold vision...
Vol 51 No 2 | NIGERIA The lucky friends 22nd January 2010 Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan is trying to build a broad consensus across political parties and ethnic regions, with advisors outside party and government circles who are mostly from Bayelsa....
Vol 45 No 18 | NIGERIA Guns, gangs and oil 10th September 2004 Troops are moving into Port Harcourt, the oil capital, to suppress the gangster rebels Last week, a dozen customers at a restaurant at 10 Warri Street, Port Harcourt, were machine-gunned to death at their tables by a gang of youths, who then...
Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Goodluck with the numbers 6th August 2010 President Jonathan is slowly winning over the governors and party barons - but time is short The arithmetic is not right yet but Goodluck Jonathan is making steady progress in his bid for the candidacy of his party in next year's presidential elections. Last...
Vol 53 No 22 | NIGERIA The $100 billion bash 2nd November 2012 Government efforts to ignore a comprehensive new report on oil and gas industry corruption arouse deep suspicions Findings by a government-commissioned task force that over US$100 billion has been siphoned off from Nigeria’s oil and gas industry since 2002 is causing a political storm. It...